Devices

Question 1

Anaphora

Answer 1

Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses –> Five years. Five long Springs, five long winters, and five long summers.

Question 2

Aphorism

Answer 2

Witty statement of truth or principle –> If it ain’t broke

Question 3

Comparison

Answer 3

examining similarities and/or differences between two or more entities

Question 4

Connotation

Answer 4

emotional implications associated with a word

Question 5

Denotation

Answer 5

direct or dictionary definition of a word

Question 6

Dialect

Answer 6

Regional or Societal variety of a language

Question 7

Epiphora or epistrophe

Answer 7

repetition of a word or phrase at the end of several clauses –> If you did know to whom I gave the ring,
If you did know for whom I gave the ring
And would conceive for what I gave the ring

Question 8

Euphemism

Answer 8

substitution of inoffensive term for one considered explicit –> sleeping together = sex

Question 9

Hyperbole

Answer 9

exaggeration

Question 10

Induction

Answer 10

use of empirics in order to form a generalization for all instances

Question 11

Invective

Answer 11

abusive language, discourse that casts blame

Question 12

Irony

Answer 12

Use of words to convey opposite of literal meaning. Statement where meaning is directly contradicted by appearance of the idea. Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.

Question 13

Isocolon

Answer 13

A succession of phrases of equal length and structure –> American by birth. Rebel by choice

Question 14

Alliteration

Answer 14

repeated initial consonant sound

Question 15

Allusion

Answer 15

reference to a person place or event

Question 16

Ambiguity

Answer 16

presence of two or more possible meanings

Question 17

Apostrophe

Answer 17

breaking off to address an absent entity

Question 18

Assonance

Answer 18

repeated vowel sound

Question 19

Asyndeton

Answer 19

omission of conjunction

Question 20

Chiasmus

Answer 20

verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed –> Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country

Question 21

Colloquial

Answer 21

informal language

Question 22

Antithesis

Answer 22

juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases –> it was the best of times it was the worst of times.

Question 23

Onomatopoeia

Answer 23

formation of a word from a sound associated with the object

Question 24

Oxymoron

Answer 24

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms/words are juxtaposed

Question 25

Paradox

Answer 25

a statement that appears self contradictory but holds a latent truth

Question 26

Parallelism

Answer 26

Use of components similar in construction, sound, meter or components that are grammatically the same

Question 27

Periodic Sentence

Answer 27

Removes main clause and predicate from beginning fo sentence and places it at the end –> Spring, with its new buds, flowers blooming, and mild temps, is my favorite time of year

Question 28

Personification

Answer 28

Adds human perspective to inanimate object

Question 29

Repetition

Answer 29

repeating word or phrase to add emphasis or power

Question 30

Jargon

Answer 30

Specialized language of a professional, often meaningless to outsiders

Question 31

litotes

Answer 31

Understatement in which affirmative is expressed by negating opposite

Question 32

Loose sentence

Answer 32

Sentence structure in which main clause is followed by subordinate phrases and clauses

Question 33

periodic sentence

Answer 33

a long sentence with suspended syntax, in which sense is not completed until final word –> With great taxes, homes, and people, the city is a great place to live.

Question 34

metaphor

Answer 34

implied comparison made between two unlike things with something important in common

Question 35

metonymy

Answer 35

figure of speech in which one word is substituted with another that is closely related

Question 36

mood

Answer 36

The quality of a verb that conveys author’s attitude toward subject or the emotion evoked by text

Question 37

onomatopoeia

Answer 37

the formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with them

Question 38

oxymoron

Answer 38

juxtaposition of opposite terms

Question 39

parallelism

Answer 39

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

Question 40

Personification

Answer 40

inanimate object is given human qualities

Question 41

repetition

Answer 41

multiple uses of a word, phrase, or clause, dwelling on a point

Question 42

rhetorical question

Answer 42

question asked merely for effect with no answer expected

Question 43

running style

Answer 43

Sentence that follows literal process of thoughts going through mind

Question 44

sarcasm

Answer 44

mocking, often ironic remark

Question 45

simile

Answer 45

comparing fundamentally different things with “like” or “as”

Question 46

synecdoche

Answer 46

a part is used to represent a whole or a whole for a part –> Nice wheels = nice car

Question 47

tone

Answer 47

writers attitude toward subject or audience

Question 48

understatement

Answer 48

making a situation less impt/serious than it is

Question 49

voice

Answer 49

Active/Passive or manner or style of expression of author

Question 50

zeugma

Answer 50

use of a word to modify or govern two or more words although its use may be grammatically or logically correct in only one